Lightweight columbarium, combinations thereof with a ritual transporter and a crate, and methods of transporting and installing a lightweight columbarium

Abstract

The lightweight columbarium comprises a rigid frame made of a frame material, a number of decorative panels made of a decorative panel material, panel attachments for attaching the decorative panels to the rigid frame, and an enclosure defined within said decorative panels and said frame, for receiving a funeral urn. The frame material is less fragile than the decorative panel material and allows the frame to provide structural rigidity to the columbarium at less weight than if only the decorative panel material were used. The columbarium may be transported on a ritual transporter comprising a columbarium bed for carrying the columbarium and handles attached to the columbarium bed for transporting the transporter. The columbarium may be stored in a crate comprising a rigid protective shell attached to the columbarium externally thereof for protecting the columbarium against impacts; and an opening provided in the protective shell that is aligned with the bottom of the columbarium. The columbarium may be removed from the crate and installed on a base using a prop sized to fit within a shell opening in the crate so as to abut against the bottom of the columbarium and to protrude beyond the shell, for allowing the columbarium to rest on prop when the prop rests on the ground for facilitating egress of the columbarium from the crate and installation of the columbarium on the base.

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